My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.

Quote by John Adams

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I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.

I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates...

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates...

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little...

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little...

Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in...

Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in...

The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are...

The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are...

The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian...

The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian...

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with...

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with...

The people have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded...

The people have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded...

I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty to study...

I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty to study...

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the...

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the...

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we...

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we...

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to...

I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to...

What havoc has been made of books through every century of the Christian era? Where...

What havoc has been made of books through every century of the Christian era? Where...

The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.

The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his...

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his...

The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation

The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation

Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honor,...

Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honor,...

The reputation is not essentially built by earning too much, learning too many things, achieving...

The reputation is not essentially built by earning too much, learning too many things, achieving...

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.